Is D 0.163 D 1.0?

[Walter Bright]

Dave wrote:
> IIRC, Walter has recently stated that D is already as stable as many 
> compilers out there. We happen to have a highly visible bug list and 
> regression tests that probably make things look worse than they really 
> are _relative to other compilers_ who don't publish this stuff. In other 
> words by objective measurement we may already have a "complete product" 
> as far as the compilers and language spec. go.

It isn't unusual for a professional compiler system out there to have 
thousands of unresolved items in the internal bug database.

The crucial question is if those problems impede the normal use of the 
product.